30 Aug 2023
This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet
The last day of Patrizia Cavalli’s home. Before it’s all gone.
A Struggle to Remember
Fighting for Our Families
The video documentary "A Struggle to Remember: Fighting for Our Families" puts faces and narratives to the story of the struggle for family leave in Canada. The 20-minute film shows how it became accepted that women be able to return to their jobs after maternity leave and how men and women gained real and enforceable work-life balance provisions.
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Rosemary Warskett Herself
Carole Gingras Herself
Marion Pollack Herself
Robyn Benson Herself
Johanne Vaillancourt Herself
Janice McClelland Herself
Barb Byers Herself
Deborah Bourque Herself
Jean-Claude Parrot Himself
Nycole Turmel Herself
Fred Pomeroy Himself
Trish Blackstaffe Herself
Dale Akerstrom Himself
Carol Wall Herself
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